Climate averages 1991–2020
Somerset West weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Somerset West: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stellenbosch (17 km away). In October its highs average 22.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Somerset West, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Somerset West ranks 90th of 95 for the warmest October highs and joint 13th of 95 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 95 cities is 25.4°C; Somerset West is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Somerset West climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 21 | 3.4 | 14.114 h |
| February | 27.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 18 | 3.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 26.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 21 | 3.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 56 | 5.7 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 90 | 9.0 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 138 | 11.0 | 9.910 h |
| July | 17.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 122 | 10.3 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 105 | 10.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 68 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 21.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 45 | 6.6 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 41 | 5.8 | 13.914 h |
| December | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 24 | 4.2 | 14.414 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Stellenbosch in OctoberSouth Africa · 17 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Cape Town in OctoberSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Paarl in OctoberSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Atlantis in OctoberSouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in OctoberSouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in OctoberSouth Africa · 306 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in OctoberSouth Africa · 317 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 41 mm rain
- George in OctoberSouth Africa · 336 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 62 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Somerset West) is explained once on the Somerset West year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Stellenbosch lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.